Explaining Obama's Paris Rally Snub | Roger L. Simon

I'm still trying to figure out why Obama -- or any high-level U. S. government official other than Eric Holder, who was in Paris but evidently had better things to do -- didn't join the nearly 4 million people who marched throughout France protesting the terror killings at #CharlieHebdo and the Hyper Cacher market. White House press secretary Josh Earnest has admitted the mistake and apologized...

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